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May 11, 2018 | 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 11, 2018, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


Please note: This early Spelling Bee result has been re­con­struct­ed from partial records. We feel reason­ably confident about the data below but cannot guar­an­tee perfect accuracy.
center letter CEFHILY
Spelling Bee for May 11, 2018

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words: 21
score: 123 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 0

C x 13
F x 3
I x 2
L x 2
Y x 1

5L x 11
6L x 9
7L x 1

  5 6 7 tot
C 6 6 1 13
F 2 1 - 3
I 1 1 - 2
L 1 1 - 2
Y 1 - - 1
tot 11 9 1 21

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CE x 1 CH x 8 CL x 2 CY x 2
FI x 2 FL x 1
IC x 2
LE x 1 LY x 1
YE x 1

debut appearances 28

CHIEFLY

word       length      
CELLI 5 debut
CHICHI 6 debut
CHICLE 6 debut
CHICLY 6 debut
CHIEF 5 debut
CHIEFLY 7 perfect pangram, debut
CHILI 5 debut
CHILL 5 debut
CHILLY 6 debut
CLICHE 6 debut
CLIFF 5 debut
CYCLE 5 debut
CYCLIC 6 debut
FICHE 5 debut
FILCH 5 debut
FLEECE 6 debut
ICICLE 6 debut
ICILY 5 debut
LEECH 5 debut
LYCHEE 6 debut
YECCH 5 debut

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